Anyone have one of those cheap(er) dovetailers from places like Harbor
Freight or Grizzly?
If so, which one to steer away from (HF offers three different units)?
How is construction - any plastic?
Are they half way decent? or is it something you've used once and now
sits under the bench?
I normally do my dovetailing by hand, but there are occassions when time
is an issue. As much as I'd like to, I ain't gonna plop down a grand
for a top of the line unit with accessories ad nauseum. I'll part with
a C-note though on something that might get used once or twice a year.
thanx
Mark from Pasadena, MD
On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 13:29:21 GMT, jo4hn <[email protected]> Crawled
out of the shop and said. . .:
>I also have the Rockler version. Never thought I would say this, but I
>agree with everything that Traves said. Fooooooooooofff. Hardest thing
>I ever typed.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
>
*sniff* i never knew ya cared jo4hn
*G*
Traves
"timonjkl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Traves W. Coppock <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>
> The HF model has metal fingers the only plastic is the cams to lock the
> work in place and it is on sale for 29.99 reg 45.99 the one at Rockler is
> 69 or 79
> Tim
I found several models on the HF website, and wondered which one you are
talking about? I didn't see one on sale, so with a little info I will go
gewt one to play with.
Digger
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I have the craftman one. Its mostly plastic(95%), but it works great never
had a problem with it except
you need their adapter plate for the router( about $10). It does box(2
sizes), half blind and though dovetails
"Mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Anyone have one of those cheap(er) dovetailers from places like Harbor
> Freight or Grizzly?
> If so, which one to steer away from (HF offers three different units)?
> How is construction - any plastic?
> Are they half way decent? or is it something you've used once and now
> sits under the bench?
>
> I normally do my dovetailing by hand, but there are occassions when time
> is an issue. As much as I'd like to, I ain't gonna plop down a grand
> for a top of the line unit with accessories ad nauseum. I'll part with
> a C-note though on something that might get used once or twice a year.
>
> thanx
> Mark from Pasadena, MD
>
I also have the Rockler version. Never thought I would say this, but I
agree with everything that Traves said. Fooooooooooofff. Hardest thing
I ever typed.
mahalo,
jo4hn
Traves W. Coppock wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 06:14:01 -0400, Mark <[email protected]> Crawled
> out of the shop and said. . .:
>
>
>>Anyone have one of those cheap(er) dovetailers from places like Harbor
>>Freight or Grizzly?
>
>
> snip
>
> i got the one from rockler, which is the same as the HF job.
> its OK for doing drawers if you have a run to make. the setup is
> pretty straight forward once you get your mind wrapped around it.
> its made of all metal except for the fingers, which are of course,
> plastic to save your router bit if you nick it.
>
> Traves
Traves W. Coppock <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 06:14:01 -0400, Mark <[email protected]> Crawled
> out of the shop and said. . .:
>
>>Anyone have one of those cheap(er) dovetailers from places like Harbor
>>Freight or Grizzly?
>
> snip
>
> i got the one from rockler, which is the same as the HF job.
> its OK for doing drawers if you have a run to make. the setup is
> pretty straight forward once you get your mind wrapped around it.
> its made of all metal except for the fingers, which are of course,
> plastic to save your router bit if you nick it.
>
> Traves
The HF model has metal fingers the only plastic is the cams to lock the
work in place and it is on sale for 29.99 reg 45.99 the one at Rockler is
69 or 79
Tim
"Digger" <DW> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>
> "timonjkl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Traves W. Coppock <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>>
>> The HF model has metal fingers the only plastic is the cams to lock
>> the work in place and it is on sale for 29.99 reg 45.99 the one at
>> Rockler is 69 or 79
>> Tim
>
> I found several models on the HF website, and wondered which one you
> are talking about? I didn't see one on sale, so with a little info I
> will go gewt one to play with.
>
> Digger
>
>
>
>
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It is in the sale catalog that ends August 11 th item number 34102-2RYA
$29.99
Tim
Great idea! Thanks!
"V.E. Dorn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just a suggestion but if you want to duplicate that step that took the
> longest, it's fairly easy to do. When you have the right depth set for
your
> dovetails, put a board in your vice and move the router bit into the top
of
> the board. From this point forward, you simply repeat the depth by
lowering
> the bit to fit the cut out area on the board.
>
> Don
>
> Leslie Gossett <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I have the HF model with aluminum fingers. One complaint I had is that
it
> > didn't come with the template guide for the router. All the other ones
> > seemed to come with it, but this one did not. So that was an extra
> expense.
> > I also noticed that some came with the router bit as well. I would
rather
> > buy my own anyway. The manual that came with it was not too hot, but I
> > stumbled through getting it setup correctly. Getting the right router
> depth,
> > I discovered, was the most important element to cutting successful
> > dovetails.
> >
> > The unit seems sturdy enough. The only plastic is the cams for holding
> down
> > the wood. All- in-all I am quite happy with it.
> > I also discovered that if it did come with a template guide, it probably
> > would not have fit my router anyway.
> >
> > I am tickled pink that I can now make professional looking dovetails
> > successfully!
> >
> > Ms. Leslie Gossett
> >
> > "Lifes a bitch, then you become one"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Anyone have one of those cheap(er) dovetailers from places like Harbor
> > > Freight or Grizzly?
> > > If so, which one to steer away from (HF offers three different units)?
> > > How is construction - any plastic?
> > > Are they half way decent? or is it something you've used once and now
> > > sits under the bench?
> > >
> > > I normally do my dovetailing by hand, but there are occassions when
time
> > > is an issue. As much as I'd like to, I ain't gonna plop down a grand
> > > for a top of the line unit with accessories ad nauseum. I'll part
with
> > > a C-note though on something that might get used once or twice a year.
> > >
> > > thanx
> > > Mark from Pasadena, MD
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Just a suggestion but if you want to duplicate that step that took the
longest, it's fairly easy to do. When you have the right depth set for your
dovetails, put a board in your vice and move the router bit into the top of
the board. From this point forward, you simply repeat the depth by lowering
the bit to fit the cut out area on the board.
Don
Leslie Gossett <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have the HF model with aluminum fingers. One complaint I had is that it
> didn't come with the template guide for the router. All the other ones
> seemed to come with it, but this one did not. So that was an extra
expense.
> I also noticed that some came with the router bit as well. I would rather
> buy my own anyway. The manual that came with it was not too hot, but I
> stumbled through getting it setup correctly. Getting the right router
depth,
> I discovered, was the most important element to cutting successful
> dovetails.
>
> The unit seems sturdy enough. The only plastic is the cams for holding
down
> the wood. All- in-all I am quite happy with it.
> I also discovered that if it did come with a template guide, it probably
> would not have fit my router anyway.
>
> I am tickled pink that I can now make professional looking dovetails
> successfully!
>
> Ms. Leslie Gossett
>
> "Lifes a bitch, then you become one"
>
>
>
>
> "Mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Anyone have one of those cheap(er) dovetailers from places like Harbor
> > Freight or Grizzly?
> > If so, which one to steer away from (HF offers three different units)?
> > How is construction - any plastic?
> > Are they half way decent? or is it something you've used once and now
> > sits under the bench?
> >
> > I normally do my dovetailing by hand, but there are occassions when time
> > is an issue. As much as I'd like to, I ain't gonna plop down a grand
> > for a top of the line unit with accessories ad nauseum. I'll part with
> > a C-note though on something that might get used once or twice a year.
> >
> > thanx
> > Mark from Pasadena, MD
> >
>
>
>